Anton Shipulin

Anton Shipulin

Shipulin with Vladimir Putin in 2014.
Personal information
Full name	Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin
Nickname(s)	"Shipa", "Chip", "The Champion of Everything"
Born	(1987-08-21) 21 August 1987 Tyumen, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	Dynamo
Skis	Fischer
Rifle	Anschütz 1827F Fortner – Sprint [1] Customised with dragon carved into the forearm [2]
World Cup debut	10 January 2009
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (2010, 2014)
Medals	2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Medals	7 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	10 (2008/09–)
All races	207
Individual victories	11
All victories	22
Individual podiums	44
All podiums	65
Discipline titles	1: 1 Mass start (2014–15)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 1 World Championships 1 3 3 Junior/Youth World Championships 4 2 0 Total 6 5 4 Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 4 × 7.5 km relay 2010 Vancouver 4 × 7.5 km relay World Championships 2017 Hochfilzen 4 × 7.5 km relay 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 4 × 7.5 km relay 2013 Nové Město 15 km mass start 2015 Kontiolahti 12.5 km pursuit 2012 Rupholding 12.5 km pursuit 2013 Nové Město 12.5 km pursuit 2017 Hochfilzen Mixed relay Junior/Youth World Championships 2006 Presque Isle Relay 2008 Ruhpolding Sprint 2008 Ruhpolding Pursuit 2008 Ruhpolding Relay 2007 Martell-Val Martello Individual 2008 Ruhpolding Individual
Updated on 8 March 2018.

Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin (Russian: Антон Владимирович Шипулин, born Tyumen, Russia ^[3] 21 August 1987) is a Russian biathlete. He lives in Ekaterinburg, Russia.^[4]

Career

Absolute champion of European Biathlon Championship 2008 (juniors). The bronze medallist of the Winter Olympic Games 2010. He was the best Russian biathlon marksman in the same season (2009/2010).

He got a medal "For merits before Fatherland" from Russian president after the Winter Olympic Games 2010.

Together with Evgeny Ustyugov, Alexey Volkov and Dmitry Malyshko he won the gold medal in the Men´s Relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia.

His sister Anastasiya Kuzmina, (Slovak biathlete), is the Olympic champion in the 7.5 km sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[5]

Olympic Games

2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2010 Vancouver	36th	30th	20th	22nd	Bronze	N/A
2014 Sochi	—	4th	14th	11th	Gold	4th
2018 Pyeongchang	not allowed to compete

*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

7 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk	—	37th	21st	—	Silver	—
2012 Ruhpolding	—	13th	Bronze	29th	6th	5th
2013 Nové Město	33rd	7th	Bronze	Silver	4th	6th
2015 Kontiolahti	16th	18th	Silver	7th	4th	10th
2016 Oslo Holmenkollen	14th	45th	9th	9th	6th	7th
2017 Hochfilzen	7th	21st	4th	4th	Gold	Bronze

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Junior/Youth World Championships

6 medals (4 gold, 2 silver)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay
2005 Kontiolahti	—	7th	7th	5th
2006 Presque Isle	18th	33rd	17th	Gold
2007 Martell-Val Martello	Silver	11th	5th	7th
2008 Ruhpolding	Silver	Gold	Gold	Gold

World Cup

Season	Overall		Individual		Sprint		Pursuit		Mass start
	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position
2008–09	12	93rd	0	N/A	0	N/A	12	69th	0	N/A
2009–10	374	23rd	39	36th	162	19th	84	23rd	89	22nd
2010–11	417	19th	71	20th	157	21st	110	21st	79	22nd
2011–12	637	8th	40	26th	201	17th	224	9th	172	5th
2012–13	628	9th	40	26th	211	14th	247	3rd	120	15th
2013–14	544	8th	21	35th	232	7th	234	3rd	57	23rd
2014–15	978	2nd	61	16th	370	2nd	305	2nd	242	1st
2015–16	806	3rd	100	4th	251	5th	300	2nd	155	3rd
2016–17	918	2nd	126	2nd	248	6th	392	2nd	177	3rd
2017–18	568	3rd

Individual victories

11 victories (1 In, 4 Sp, 5 Pu, 1 MS)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
2010–11 1 victory (1 Sp)	20 January 2011	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
2011–12 1 victory (1 Pu)	15 January 2012	Nové Město	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
2012–13 2 victories (1 Sp, 1 Pu)	18 January 2013	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	19 January 2013	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
2013–14 1 victory (1 Pu)	8 March 2014	Pokljuka	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
2014–15 2 victories (1 Sp, 1 MS)	19 December 2014	Pokljuka	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	21 December 2014	Pokljuka	15 km mass start	Biathlon World Cup
2015–16 1 victories (1 Pu)	23 January 2016	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
2016–17 2 victories (1 In, 1 PU)	20 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
	18 March 2017	Holmenkollen	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
2017–18 1 victory (1 Sp)	8 March 2018	Kontiolahti	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

References

External links

• Anton Shipulin at the International Biathlon Union
• Profile on biathlonworld.com
• Anton Shipulin, Biathlon’s driven relay man